Lesotho: Mahao Fears the Worst After ABC Councilor's Murder

6 September 2019

Professor Nqosa Mahao and his faction of the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) fear that their ongoing battle with Prime Minister Thomas Thabane for control of the ruling party has entered a deadly and bloody phase.

This after the recent killing of Mahlomola Rapholo who was the ABC councillor for Mokhethoaneng in Berea. The 48 year-old Mr Rapholo, who had thrown in his lot with the Mahao camp, was shot several times by unknown gunmen as he drove alone in his car from his shop in the Mokhethoaneng area.

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